CONTENTS BOOK ONE BRIGIT, THE MARY OF THE GAEL Brigitinher Young Youth 1 Brigit in her Father's House 1 She Minds the Dairy 2 She Fills the Vessels 3 The Man that had Lost his Wife's Love 4 The Drying of Brigit's Cloak 5 The King of Leinster's Fox 5 Brigit Spreads her Cloak 6 The Leper who would be a King 7 The Lake of Milk 7 The Things Brigit wished for 7 The Son of Reading 8 The Fishes Honour her 9 A Hymn made for Brigit by Brennain or another 9 Brigit Helps the Mother of God 10 The First of February 11 A Hymn Brocan made for Brigit 12 Her Care for Leinster 13 She Remembers the Poor 13 The Boy that dreamed he would get his Health 15 The Water of the Well 15 The Binding 16 CONTENTS BOOK TWO COLUMCILLE, THE FRIEND OF THE ANGELS OF GOD The Golden Moon 17 He learns his Letters 18 His Helpers the Angels 18 Doire the Plain of the Oakwood 21 A Praise he made of Doire and he going over the Sea 21 Columcille's little Kinsman 24 His Farewell to Aran 25 The Island of Hii 28 The Crane from Ireland 29 Ireland was more to him than any other Place 30 The Poor Man and the Stake 31 The Nettle Broth 34 The Cranes of Druim Ceta 35 His Strange Visitor 36 The Breaking of Columcille's Guarantee 38 The Voyage of Snedgus 42 A Hymn Columcille made and he going a Journey 47 The Ladder of Glass 50 Columcille keeps the Feast of Pentecost 50 How the News was brought to Ireland 52 Forgaill's Lament 53 Columcille's Burying Place 56 Columcille's Valley 57 CONTENTS BOOK THREE BLESSED PATRICK OF THE BELLS The Four Households 59 He gets his Freedom 59 The Man and Woman that were always Young 60 Patrick goes back to Ireland 61 The Deer's Cry 62 Patrick and the Big Men 64 The Hidden Well of Usnach 67 Patrick and Cascorach the Musician 68 Patrick's Farewell to Caoilte 72 Bodh Dearg's Daughter 73 Ethne the Beautiful and Fedelm the Rosy-Red 76 The Soul and the Body 78 Patrick's Rush Candles 78 His Church at Ardmacha 79 He is Waked by the Angels 79 BOOK FOUR THE VOYAGE OF MAELDUNE The Queen's Foster-Son 81 The Little Bald Islands 84 The Island of Ants 86 The Island of Birds 86 The Beast that was like a Horse 87 The Demon Riders 87 A House of Plenty 89 The Apple Rod 89 The Whirling Beast 90 The Wicked Horses 91 The Fiery Pigs 91 The Little Cat 93 The War of Colours 95 The Weighty Calves 96 The Mill 97 The Island of Keening 97 The Four-Fenced Island 98 The Woman with the Pail 99 The Sound like Psalms 102 The Sod from Ireland 102 The Well of Nourishment 103 The Smiths at the Forge 104 The Very Clear Sea 105 The Sea like a Mist 106 The Pelting with Nuts 106 The Salmon Stream 107 The Silver-Meshed Net 108 The Door under Locks 109 The Ball of Thread 109 The Salley Trees 113 The Bird that got back its Youth 114 The Laughing People 117 The Fire-Walled Island 118 The Covetous Cook 118 The Bird from Ireland 124 BOOK FIVE GREAT WONDERS OF THE OLDEN TIME Blessed Ciaran and his Scholars 127 His Kindness is living yet 129 Blessed Cellach's Lament 130 The Wolfs Prophecy 131 Liban the Sea Woman 133 The Priest and the Bees 136 The Hymn of Molling's Guest 137 Tuan, Son of Cairell 140 Fintain's Yew Tree 146 How Conchubar the High King died for Christ 147 The Wonders told by Philip the Apostle that was called the Ever-Living Tongue 149 The Seven Heavens 150 The Secrets of the Sea 151 Four of the World's Wells 152 The Four Precious Stones 153 The Four Trees that have a Life like the Angels 154 The Journey of the Sun 156 The Nature of the Stars 158 The High Ever-Living Birds 158 Four of the Strange Races of Mankind 160 The Valley of Pain 161 The Cloud of Witnesses 163 A Praise of Caillen and his Blessed Death 164 The Calling of Martin the Miller 167 Martin and the Grass-Corn 167 The Birth of Colman of Aidhne 168 His Home in Burren 170 The Little Lad and the Birds 170 The Little Lad in the Well 171 Colman helps a Farmer 171 He shows Respect for Respect 172 A Very Good Well 172 Marbhan's Hymn of Content 172 Guaire, the Helper of the Poor 174 His Kindness to the Bush 175 The Making of the Harp 176 Mochae and the Bird 177 The Priest that was called Mad 179 The Old Woman of Beare 181 BOOK SIX THE VOYAGE OF BRENDAN His Vision of the Land of Promise 185 The News of the Hidden Country 185 The Beginning of Brendan's Search 188 The Very Comely Hound 189 The Island of Sheep 189 Jasconye the Fish 190 The Paradise of Birds 191 The Silent Brotherhood 193 The Feast of the Resurrection 197 The Bird's Foretelling 197 The Dangers of the Sea 198 A Border of Hell 201 A Most Wretched Ghost 262 Paul the Hermit 205 A Lucky Journey 206 The Land of Promise 207 Brendan's Home-coming 208 Note 210 Digitized by Google.

"First edition Oct. 1907; reprinted Jan. 1908 ... 1920."

"The Irish text of the greater number of the hymns and legends in this book has been published in the Revue celtique, Irische texte, Zeitschrift [für] celtische philologie, Eriu, and elsewhere. From this text I have worked."--Note, p. 210

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